Soviet Issues

(t) CHINA. Hunan Soviet. 20 Cash, ND (1931). NGC Genuine.

An intriguing issue, characterized by a hammer and sickle design inside a 5-sided star countermark. As always appears to be the case, the mark was applied to a well-circulated 20 Cash coin, which happens to be an undated (1903) Empire-era 'Hu Poo' 20 Cash in this case. While few of these issues have appeared on the market, this piece is as nice as any, with the stamp displaying incredibly bold detail. It is claimed that these were once found among bags of Chinese coppers that were being melted by the Japanese during WWII; in total, it is believed that around 100 were found out of 30,000 coins.

Estimate: $ 300.00 - 500.00

一九三一年湖南蘇維埃二十文銅元。

受歡迎的版別。五芒星戳記内有錘和鐮圖案。戳記打於經流通的二十文錢幣上，屬此版常見特徵。此枚應是大清戶部二十文。市場上雖然可見此版，但戳記如此枚般深峻的則較罕見。據稱是從被日軍在二戰期間正在熔毀的中國銅幣中發現，據信，當時30,000枚硬幣中，共尋回100枚。